Aysen Mustafa requests: > Hoping SCREEN-L members can provide me with suggestions of film titles to > study as text in an English class (Year 12 or 17 year olds). Looking at > narrative in particular and the choices adults make in their life. A few that come to mind (how "appropriate" some are for this age and class probably depends on your school administrators): Capra's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Zinnemann's HIGH NOON, THE NUN'S STORY, and A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Stevens' A PLACE IN THE SUN Welles' CITIZEN KANE Mulligan's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Ritt's THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD and NORMA RAE Rafelson's FIVE EASY PIECES May's THE HEARTBREAK KID Lumet's SERPICO Coppola's THE CONVERSATION Fosse's ALL THAT JAZZ Kasdan's THE BIG CHILL Armstrong's MY BRILLIANT CAREER Beresford's TENDER MERCIES Weir's WITNESS Ouedragoao's SAMBA TRAORE Mambety's HYENAS Mizoguchi's OSAKA ELEGY and UGETSU Kurosawa's IKIRU Imamura's INSECT WOMAN Oshima's MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE and CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES and THE SEVENTH SEAL Sautet's UN COUER EN HIVER Ivory's THE REMAINS OF THE DAY Renoir's THE CRIME OF M. LANGE and GRAND ILLUSION Chabrol's UNE AFFAIRE DE FEMMES De Sica's BICYCLE THIEF Lean's GREAT EXPECTATIONS and BRIEF ENCOUNTER Reiz's THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN Sayles' EIGHT MEN OUT, MATEWAN, LONE STAR, and LIMBO Spielberg's SCHINDLER'S LIST Allen's CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS Scott's THELMA AND LOUISE Avnet's FRIED GREEN TOMATOES Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN Robbin's DEAD MAN WALKING Thornton's SLING BLADE Dreyer's THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC Von Trier's THE CELEBRATION Scorsese's RAGING BULL and THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Babenco's KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Puezo's THE OFFICIAL STORY Szabo's MEPHISTO Verhoeven's THE NASTY GIRL Jordan's THE CRYING GAME Leigh's SECRETS AND LIES Lee's THE WEDDING BANQUET and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN Also, some "coming of age" films that might be of interest to this audience: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW AMERICAN GRAFFITI GOOD WILL HUNTING Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson Minnesota State U, Mankato [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]